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Antique Handwritten Letters

Victorian Diamond Cluster Ring
Located in New York, NY
rooms and handwritten letters—intimate jewelry, meant to be noticed only by those close enough to see it
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19th Century Victorian Antique Handwritten Letters

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Diamond, Gold, Silver

Antique Frame French Book Journal Display/Painting 13th-19th Century
Located in Doha, QA
This rare and remarkable piece begins with a backdrop composed of beautifully, handwritten love
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15th Century and Earlier French Gothic Antique Handwritten Letters

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Gold, Silver

18th Century Chest Of Drawers with Trompe-l œil Marquetry, Germany, circa 1770
Located in Greven, DE
over decades. Another striking feature is the handwritten labelling with the letters "FvG" and the
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1770s German Baroque Antique Handwritten Letters

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Walnut

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19th Century French Piano Stool or Side Table
Located in Surrey, BC
and a customized top featuring multi handwritten letters covering the surface. circa 1890-1900. Very
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1890s French Late Victorian Antique Handwritten Letters

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Iron

Futurist Correspondence - 1900s - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti - Futurismo
Located in Roma, IT
: Filippo Tommaso Marinetti’s Correspondence: consists of 24 typewritten and handwritten letters, four
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Early 20th Century Futurist Antique Handwritten Letters

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Paper

36-Star “Political Campaign” Civil War Era American Flag
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
, glazed cotton surface – once in script and once again in dark block handwritten letters. The 36th
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19th Century American Antique Handwritten Letters

A R.Lalique green glass Art Deco Ronces Vase
By René Lalique
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
in handwritten script letters . The vase measures 24 cm high , 14 cm in diameter and is in
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Handwritten Letters

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Glass

Taormina - Von Gloeden n° 139 - Original Photograph by W von Gloeden - 1909
By Wilhelm Von Gloeden
Located in Roma, IT
ink. On the back: number of catalog 139 and B and D (?) letters handwritten in blue pencil with very
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Handwritten Letters

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Photographic Paper

2 Volumes, U.S. Grant, Personal Memoirs
Located in New York, NY
. Signed Copy. Includes a portrait frontispiece and handwritten notes and letters. Published by Charles L
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1880s American Antique Handwritten Letters

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Leather

Venice California 1920s Wooden Street Signs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ct, Altair Pl and 5th Ave. The background color is indigo blue with white handwritten letters
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Handwritten Letters

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Paint, Wood

President George Washington Autographed Lottery Ticket
Located in Jersey, GB
handwritten letters, examples of the President's autograph can also sell for significant sums. In 2010, Paul
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1760s Antique Handwritten Letters

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Paper

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1920s Art Deco Commode Nightstands, in Burl Walnut , by Gaetano Borsani
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian 1920s elegant Art Deco Commode with pair of nightstands in burl walnut Two nightstands with commode by Gaetano Borsani , in burl walnut , with golden brass handle and foot. ...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Antique Handwritten Letters

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Walnut, Burl

Bertil Vallien Rare Wrought Iron Fire Screen, circa 1960, Sweden
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Brussels, BE
Beautiful and rare Bertil Vallien wrought iron fire screen. Boda edition, circa 1960, Sweden. Rare piece on the market, very poetic and decorative object. Good original condition. He...
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1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Antique Handwritten Letters

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Wrought Iron

Bertil Vallien Rare Wrought Iron Fire Screen, circa 1960, Sweden
Bertil Vallien Rare Wrought Iron Fire Screen, circa 1960, Sweden
$7,919 Sale Price
20% Off
H 15.36 in W 34.26 in D 3.94 in
Fine and Important Pair of Polychrome Decorated Giltwood Mirrors
Located in London, GB
Each with a rectangular plate within a stiff leaf, entwined vine and fleur de lis carved surround, the cresting centred by an armorial shield for the Thorold baronets surmounted by a...
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Mid-18th Century Baroque Antique Handwritten Letters

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Mirror, Giltwood

Fine and Important Pair of Polychrome Decorated Giltwood Mirrors
Fine and Important Pair of Polychrome Decorated Giltwood Mirrors
$130,758 / set
H 59.45 in W 46.07 in D 4.73 in
Japanese Lacquer and Cinnabar "Samurai" Cabinet, Inaba Family, Edo Period
Located in Troy, NY
Exceptionally large and rare lacquer cabinet. According to the heraldry, visible on the headgear in one of the panels, it was made for the Inaba family, a high ranking Daimyo family,...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Handwritten Letters

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Bronze

Hollywood Regency Napoleon III Style Gilt Rope Tassel Armchairs and Ottomans
By Napoléon III, Niccolini, Dorothy Draper
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Reign in fast this complete four piece set of Italian gilt rope and tassel armchairs with complimenting en suite ottomans fully professionally restored to their highest level of glam...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Antique Handwritten Letters

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Velvet, Giltwood, Upholstery, Wood

19th century French inlaid mahogany 6 drawer inlaid chest
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century french inlaid mahogany 6-drawer inlaid chest, circa 1830. Early 19th century inlaid french mahogany 6-drawer chest with inlaid turned columns. Profusely inlaid on all s...
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Mid-19th Century French Georgian Antique Handwritten Letters

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Mahogany

Fine Art Deco Sideboard by Jules Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Jules Leleu (1883-1961). An important rosewood cabinet, decorated with a spray of inlay mother-of-pearl flowers and butterflies, legs with gilded bronze sabots. With the original ...
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1930s French Mid-Century Modern Antique Handwritten Letters

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Bronze

Fine Art Deco Sideboard by Jules Leleu
Fine Art Deco Sideboard by Jules Leleu
$65,000
H 36 in W 49 in D 16 in
French Art Deco Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Butterfly Buffet by Jules Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Stunning French Art Deco credenza is designed by famous artisan Jules Leleu. It is comprised of mother-of-pearl inlay forming a butterfly motif with gold hardware, which accents the ...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Handwritten Letters

Baroque Secretary à Trois Corps in Walnut, Mid-18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Impressive Baroque secretary in three sections ("à trois corps"), raised on compressed bun feet and veneered in fine walnut. The lower commode section comprises three drawers, with t...
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Mid-18th Century German Baroque Antique Handwritten Letters

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Walnut

18th Century Wedgwood Tricolor Jasper Ware Pegasus Vase
By Wedgwood
Located in Asheville, NC
Wedgwood's Etruria factory, Staffordshire, 1786. Green Jasper dip on solid white Jasper ware ground, with finely tooled, applied white Jasper bas-relief. White figural Pegasus surmou...
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1780s English Neoclassical Antique Handwritten Letters

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Stoneware

Siqueiros Glass Mural Painting Unique Piece, Mexican Muralist, 6.56 F by 11.48 F
By David Alfaro Siqueiros
Located in Miami, FL
Mural composed of twenty plates of approximately 49 by 70 centimeters, glass with quicksilver technique (painted on the back), cast and painted silver leaves giving a set of textures...
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1940s Central American Pre-Columbian Antique Handwritten Letters

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Glass

Siqueiros Glass Mural Painting Unique Piece, Mexican Muralist, 6.56 F by 11.48 F
Siqueiros Glass Mural Painting Unique Piece, Mexican Muralist, 6.56 F by 11.48 F
$960,000 Sale Price
20% Off
H 137.8 in W 78.75 in D 1.97 in
Rare and Important Mosaico vase Vetreria Artistica Barovier
By Ercole Barovier
Located in Zurich, CH
Rare and Important Mosaico vase Vetreria Artistica Barovier Italy, c. 1924 fused and blown polychrome glass murrine Signed Ercole Barovier 100% authentic, proven by the expert Gianc...
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1920s Italian Antique Handwritten Letters

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Murano Glass

Rare and Important Mosaico vase Vetreria Artistica Barovier
Rare and Important Mosaico vase Vetreria Artistica Barovier
$143,994 Sale Price
20% Off
H 12.01 in Dm 5.91 in
A pair of Spanish-colonial Viceregal mother-of-pearl inlaid bureau-cabinets
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Viceroyalty of Peru, Lima, 18th century, circa 1720-1760 Each with a moulded giltwood cornice and on a foliate carved giltwood base, possibly later and English. The cabinets, with s...
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18th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Antique Handwritten Letters

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Mother-of-Pearl, Teak

Italian 19th-20th Century Life-Size Marble Sculpture Titled "Searching for Love"
By Vito Pardo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine museum quality Italian 19th-20th century life-size marble sculpture titled "Searching for Love" by Vito Pardo (Italian, born in Venice in 1872) Depicting a semi-nude life...
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Early 1900s Italian Rococo Antique Handwritten Letters

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Marble, Bronze

Italian 19th-20th Century Life-Size Marble Sculpture Titled "Searching for Love"
Italian 19th-20th Century Life-Size Marble Sculpture Titled "Searching for Love"
$174,500 Sale Price / set
55% Off
H 121 in W 28 in D 25 in
German Late 18th Century Chest Of Drawers, Walnut, Restored with Patina
Located in Greven, DE
Classicist chest of drawers Southern Germany Walnut and others late 18th century Dimensions: H x W x D: 88 x 121 x 58 cm Description: Three-tier piece of furniture standing on tap...
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Late 18th Century German Neoclassical Antique Handwritten Letters

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Walnut

Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.
Located in London, GB
This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armour...
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15th Century and Earlier German Antique Handwritten Letters

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Other

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Antique Handwritten Letters For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of antique handwritten letters available on 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique handwritten letters was constructed with extraordinary care, often using paper. Antique handwritten letters have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Antique handwritten letters are generally popular furniture pieces, but neoclassical style is often sought at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made antique handwritten letters over the years, but those made by Theodore Roosevelt, Edward S. Curtis and Lewis Carroll are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Antique Handwritten Letters?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $7,750, while they’re typically $1,548 on the low end and $120,000 highest priced.